ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,221, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DORMAKABA SCHWEIZ AG (Wetzikon, Switzerland).
"Electromechanical locking device" was invented by Franco Di Sario (Wetzikon, Switzerland) and Markus Zahner (Wetzikon, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromechanical locking device for a closure element, includes a stator and a rotor, the rotor being mounted in the stator. The locking device includes an extension element, wherein the extension element can be moved between an insert position and a withdrawal position in the axial direction, in particular in a linear manner. A closing device having such a locking device is also relat...